The British Essayists;: TatlerJ. Johnson, J. Nichols and son, R. Baldwin, F. and C. Rivington, W. Otridge and son, W.J. and J. Richardson, A. Strahan, R. Faulder, ... [and 40 others], 1808 |
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... received at my coming home the following letter : " MR . BICKERSTAFF , " I have lived a pure and undefiled virgin these twenty - seven years ; and I assure you , it is with great grief and sorrow of heart I tell you , that I become ...
... received at my coming home the following letter : " MR . BICKERSTAFF , " I have lived a pure and undefiled virgin these twenty - seven years ; and I assure you , it is with great grief and sorrow of heart I tell you , that I become ...
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... received orders from his Catholic majesty to join him in his camp with all possible expedition . The duke of Anjou soon had intelligence of their motion , and took a resolution to decamp in order to intercept them , within a day's march ...
... received orders from his Catholic majesty to join him in his camp with all possible expedition . The duke of Anjou soon had intelligence of their motion , and took a resolution to decamp in order to intercept them , within a day's march ...
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... received a reinforce- ment . For this reason he pursued his march with- out facing about , till we were actually coming on to engagement . General Stanhope's disposition made it impracticable to do it at that time ; count Mau- rice and ...
... received a reinforce- ment . For this reason he pursued his march with- out facing about , till we were actually coming on to engagement . General Stanhope's disposition made it impracticable to do it at that time ; count Mau- rice and ...
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... received does but distract , instead of guiding our behaviour . When I reflect upon the unequal conduct of Lotius , I see many things that run di- rectly counter to his interest ; therefore I cannot at- tribute his labours for the ...
... received does but distract , instead of guiding our behaviour . When I reflect upon the unequal conduct of Lotius , I see many things that run di- rectly counter to his interest ; therefore I cannot at- tribute his labours for the ...
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... much bravery as conduct , received a contusion in his right shoulder . I should be glad to know , whether this cautious politician means to commend or to rally · him , by saying , He expressed as much 14 N ° 212 : TATLER .
... much bravery as conduct , received a contusion in his right shoulder . I should be glad to know , whether this cautious politician means to commend or to rally · him , by saying , He expressed as much 14 N ° 212 : TATLER .
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Page 38 - As one who, long in populous city pent, Where houses thick and sewers annoy the air, Forth issuing on a summer's morn to breathe Among the pleasant villages and farms Adjoin'd, from each thing met conceives delight ; The smell of grain, or tedded grass, or kine, Or dairy, each rural sight, each rural sound...
Page 123 - Assaying by his devilish art to reach The organs of her fancy, and with them forge Illusions, as he list, phantasms and dreams ; Or if, inspiring venom, he might taint The animal spirits, that from pure blood arise Like gentle breaths from rivers pure, thence raise, At least, distemper'd, discontented thoughts, Vain hopes, vain aims, inordinate desires, Blown up with high conceits engendering pride.
Page 89 - That from their noyance he no where can rest, But with his clownish hands their tender wings He brusheth oft, and oft doth mar their murmurings.
Page 266 - I have loved thy assemblies, I l:ave mourned for the divisions of thy church, I have delighted in the brightness of thy sanctuary. This vine, which thy right hand hath planted in this nation, I have ever prayed unto thee that it might have the first and the latter rain, and that it might stretch her branches to the seas and to the floods.
Page 94 - ... peace, which I believe would save the lives of many brave words, as well as men. The war has introduced abundance of polysyllables, which will never be able to live many more campaigns. Speculations...
Page 250 - As through unquiet rest: he, on his side Leaning, half raised, with looks of cordial love Hung over her enamour'd, and beheld Beauty, which, whether waking or asleep, Shot forth peculiar graces; then with voice Mild, as when Zephyrus on Flora breathes, Her hand soft touching, whisper'd thus: ' Awake My fairest, my espoused, my latest found, Heaven's last, best gift, my ever new delight!
Page 123 - As when a spark Lights on a heap of nitrous powder, laid Fit for the tun, some magazine to store Against a rumour'd war, the smutty grain, With sudden blaze diffused, inflames the air ; So started up, in his own shape, the fiend.
Page 266 - Besides my innumerable sins, I confess before thee, that I am debtor to thee for the gracious talent of thy gifts and graces, which I have neither put into a napkin, nor put it, as I ought, to exchangers, where it might have made best profit, but misspent it in things for which I was least fit : so I may truly say, my soul hath been a stranger in the course of my pilgrimage. Be merciful unto me, O Lord, for my Saviour's sake, and receive me into thy bosom, or guide me in thy ways.
Page 247 - ... whether the same change of inclination has happened to any other animals. For this reason, I desired a friend of mine in the country to let me know whether the lark rises as early as he did formerly and whether the cock begins to crow at his usual hour. My friend...
Page 128 - tis fair, yet seems to call a coach. The tuck'd-up sempstress walks with hasty strides, While streams run down her oil'd umbrella's sides. Here various kinds by various fortunes led, Commence acquaintance underneath a shed. Triumphant Tories, and desponding Whigs, Forget their feuds, and join to save their wigs.